 dmpage elfhigh right elves also known by the flan term olve are the most common of the demihuman races though also in many ways the most secluded they are usually divided into three well-known races; high elves grey elves and wood elves high elves are by far the most widely-encountered tending less to introspection and seclusion than their brothers these elves value individual freedoms greatly with their cities usually nothing more than semi-nomadic camps within the forests usually around 5 feet tall high elves often appear frail with the males rarely exceeding 120 pounds and the females almost never getting much above 100 they usually have dark-colored hair and deep green eyes and prefer clothing in greens blues or browns they also tend to have somewhat pale complexions something often seen as odd by others given the amount of time spent out of doors however this frailness does not extend to their strength and in personal combat elves are no less capable than humans the elven skill with a sword is quite well-known as is their adeptness with the bow further elves are captivated by the concept of magic with elvish mages studying to great heights that quite surpass all but the most adept of human mages they use these skills to defend their homelands within the forests of the flanaess defending them from the encroachment of both law and evil into the natural world they fight off those who would plunder the forest only to move on to plunder another orc orcs are chief among these foes though this is partially due to a long-standing conflict between the gods corellon larethian and gruumsh the representative gods of elves and orc orcs respectively however though the origins of the conflict may be found in matters beyond both races the fact remains that orc orcs constantly attempt to expand into the forests of elves and elves stand against orcs to repel their assaults although frail elves do have some physical advantages to humans for one their hearing is a fair bit more sensitive and their sight has the benefit of infravision further elves have little need for sleep requiring only a 4-hour trance-like period a day this has the side-effect of giving elves a resistance to magical sleep-type spells as their manner of such is widely different from that of nearly every other race and of course elves have lifespans an order of magnitude greater than that of a human easily reaching into the centuries some elves are said to have lived for a full millennia and were personal witnesses to the great cataclysm itself unfortunately the same qualities which give elves this lifespan also mean that once an elf has died little short of divine intervention can bring them back from beyond the veil even the greatest of priestly magics may not be effective in restoring life to a slain elf given their lifespans high elves place little value on many things humans consider important they do not pay much attention to mere short-term gains or projects and rarely rush to accomplish anything although they see the value of learning they devote little time to it as given their lifespans they need not spend such a great percentage of their time in study to gain knowledge though they do have small nations of sorts these are much freer in nature than the human equivalent with their rulers rarely bothering to make an effort to control more than their local needs though the elves do owe allegiance to their local overlords and occasionally through them higher nobles this is an allegiance rarely called upon as an example elven society didn't even bother to form a calendar until centuries after the suel imperium developed theirs despite elven society predating even that ancient kingdom by centuries if not millennia this natural tendency towards independence is so strong that elves are nearly impossible to control with even the strongest mind-affecting magics elfgrey left grey elves are known to most only due to the great kingdom of celene country celene for they are even more introspective than high elves they seem even slighter than high elves with most having either silver hair with amber eyes or pale golden hair with violet eyes this latter type is often refered to as a faerie elf or fae elf grey elves tend to favor bright garments of white gold silver or yellow and wear cloaks of deep blue or purple although more reclusive than high elves grey elves place a greater importance on community than their brethren and are responsible for most of the great elven kingdoms of lore including as previously stated the ancient kingdom celene country celene they value intelligence very highly and unlike other elves devote much time to study and contemplation yet in some ways they fight even more fiercely than the high elves against those that would overthrow their way of life wanting to avoid encroachment both on nature and on their own personal privacy the third type of elves least known of all these three are the sylvan or wood elves this race is the least civilized of them all eschewing settlements entirely in favor of roaming bands of nomadic clans living throughout a forest their hair color ranges from yellow to coppery red with eyes a shade of hazel or green they are usually about the same size as an average high elf but they tend to be somewhat darker in complexion they usually dress in greens or earth tones to better hide themselves from the eyes of passersby through the woods rarely seen if you meet a wood elf more likely than not it will be because they wished you to meet them there are further two races of elf less common even than the sylvan elves though few are aware of more than their existence if even that; the valley elves and grugach valley elves are an extremely rare subrace found only within the valley of the mage few elves speak of this subrace and it is widely believed that a schism was formed between this group and the remainder of elvenkind in the distant past; one which has yet to heal of the grugach little is known besides the even greater ferality they possess than the sylvan elves they are a danger to all non-grugach even to other elves and it is recommended one avoid them whenever possible elves of both races are additionally known for their skill in the arts and in craftsmanship elven poetry is often considered a step above that composed by human humans purely by default as is their music and their metalwork while not of dwarven quality is quite skilled however elves in general have little interest in fields more associated with science with high elves having little care for such matters and grey elves focusing more on the abilities and applications of magic despite the seclusion of elves occasionally one will take up with a human and a half-elf is the result of such a pairing they tend to share characteristics from both sides; they have some of the sight and hearing of elves as well as a somewhat longer lifespan while having the more robust constitution and varied physical appearance of a human unfortunately this straddling means that they are less likely to be accepted by either culture though not nearly to the degree of other crossbreeds half-elves are definitely discriminated against amongst both elves and human humans and tend to be somewhat more likely than other races to take up a career in adventuring as a result 